Multiple Myeloma News

On July 10 in NYC, the MMRF helped host the “Advances in Minimal Residual Disease Testing in Multiple Myeloma” meeting at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This meeting brought together representatives from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the biotechnology/pharmaceutical industry, as well as key opinion leaders to discuss the latest developments around minimal residual disease (MRD) in multiple myeloma. Read More

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (July 24, 2015) – Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Kyprolis® (carfilzomib) for Injection in combination with Revlimid® (lenalidomide) and dexamethasone (KRd) for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma who have received one to three prior lines of therapy. Read More

We’ve seen how dramatically patients’ lives can change when they are matched with the right treatment at the right time in their disease course. Although this is still an exception and not the rule, we believe collaborative research approaches will make this kind of precision medicine a reality for all patients with cancers. Read More